CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 flagrant
7 historical accounts
14 solitary
17 preposition
18ma’s mate
19 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand
21 weight
22 (Egyptian myth) the soul symbolized by a bird with a human head
23 fuss
25 stifle
28 Japanese sash
29 dexterous
31 holdings, resources
32 essential element in all living organism
33 editor
34 sagacious
36 sharp
38 northeast
39 inventory; itemize 40 gait
42 forceful throw
43 symbol
45 narrow valley
47 Philippine currency
49 extraterrestrial
51 small case for needles
53 lose color
54 musical note
55 hymn of praise
57 draw off liquid from
59 halt
61 mischievous child
62 a newborn baby
64expressing surprise, triumph, mockery
65 group
66 letter of the Greek alphabet
67 expressing negation
68 anent
70 an indefinite article
71 egrets
74 make a strong or concerted attack on
76 merchants 77 taps; beats
DOWN
1 widen
2 owner of land 3 preposition
4 gratuity
5 from a distance
6 ‘The city that never sleeps’ (USA)
8 expressing inquiry, surprise
9 a set of stables around an open yard or along a lane often converted into dwellings
10 scrap or fragment of food left from a meal 11 (contraction) ‘I am’
12 narrow strip or band of fabric used for trimming or decoration
13 marked
15is mistaken
19large semicircular recess with a domed roof at the eastern end of a church
20 modest
24 preposition
26 the orient
27 gait
28 completes ‘either’
30 pivoted
32 makes a cut
35 small island
37 relieved
39 drag a heavy object with effort
41 idealization of oneself
44 please
46 bare
47 gasp
48 jumbled letters to read ‘plaints’
50 meddle with or make unauthorized changes
52 press clothes
53 ‘let be done’
54 hair of the Angora goat
56 not down
58 soon 60 British for ‘thank you’
62 follows ‘eight’
63 formerly
66 long seed vessel especially, legumes
69 established
72 Egyptian sun god
73 senior
74 alcoholics anonymous